Category Archives: Current Affairs

I’m Unique. Just Like Everyone Else.

There’s a great postcard pinned to the kitchen noticeboard of my Pastor’s kitchen that says: You’re unique. Just like everyone else. People are complicated creatures, but there is more that we hold in common than our personal pride allows us … Continue reading

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Preserving democracy, not practicing it.

Having just listened to the regular Punch & Judy affair that is Prime Minister’s Question Time (a weekly caricature of democracy in practice in which our elected representatives re-enact their school playground days), I’m left feeling very uncomfortable with the … Continue reading

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Rioting in London

I’ve been back in London for a few days visiting family. Whatever my feelings about London (about how I am glad at having escaped and how I love Scotland where I now live), it has not deserved the madness it … Continue reading

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